100% self-produced, the iconic pop compilation is special for so many reasons; besides its handful of radio hits (“Hello It’s Me”, “I Saw The Light”, etc.) and share of unusually pretty, hazy-eyed ballads (“Marlene”, “Sweeter Memories”), the album glistens with signature Rundgren avant-garde: his droll-but-totally-intended allegory (“Song of the Viking”), blatantly weird interludes (“I went to the mirror”), and goofy spoken-word over whirrs, fuzz, and other nerdy audiophile pairings (“Intro”).

Between his mixing-board wizardry and keen ear for melodic sweetness, Rundgren could draw a rainbow of song and lyrics from his psychedelic soul; it all flowed from this sort of creative nucleus. His effect was nothing short of a ‘T(oddity)’, yet every final product sounded cool enough for radio and weird enough for the kooky art-rocker ready to dabble in pop.

“It Takes Two To Tango (This Is For The Girls)” stays one of Something/Anything?‘s side-A trophy tracks, glittering with electro-harpsichord and background tambourine à la Partridge Family. It’s also some of the best ’70s bubbly-ness that the 24-year-old Rundgren could muster. All that and a gentle nod [shoulder brush-off] to the girls who just didn’t gel with him…(“This is for the girls who just couldn’t see, that my only sin was being me/ And this one’s for the girls and they know who they are, it’s so long ago and I don’t know…”). The chirpy track is blithe and unconcerned; Todd’s atypical–but perhaps exemplary–approach to the relationship fade-out.